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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for October 2016

Vox Sentences: “When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” —Donald Trump
2016 Presidential Election

This campaign generates more news after 5 pm on a Friday than most campaigns generate in a month.

By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
Donald Trump said some disgusting things, and Twitter was not having it
Donald Trump

14 tweets that sum up why his comments were so offensive.

By Libby Nelson
Stop saying Donald Trump apologized for how he was caught talking about women
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Politics

Trump’s “apology,” deconstructed by an apology expert.

By Tara Golshan
A Donald Trump presidency would bring shame on this country
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Politics

At long last, have we no decency?

By Ezra Klein
Donald Trump’s vulgar comments from 2005 could haunt him until Election Day
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Politics

Just look at the immediate response from the Clinton campaign.

By Jeff Stein
Trump’s leaked comments aren’t just “lewd.” They describe sexual assault.
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Politics

Which Trump has been formally accused of before.

By Emily Crockett
Politics
Donald Trump can’t resist blaming Bill Clinton when his own sexism comes upDonald Trump can’t resist blaming Bill Clinton when his own sexism comes up
”Grab ’em by the pussy”: how Trump talked about women in private is horrifying
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Politics

A secret recording from 2005 makes it clear.

By Libby Nelson
The US just formally accused Russia of interfering in the presidential election
World Politics

“Only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.”

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Hillary Clinton’s new ad features a missile silo officer asking if Trump can be trusted with nukesHillary Clinton’s new ad features a missile silo officer asking if Trump can be trusted with nukes
Politics

With the election getting closer, Clinton is bringing out the attack ads she thinks are most devastating.

By Andrew Prokop
Trump wanted the Central Park Five executed. DNA tests proved their innocence. He’s not backing down.
Politics

Trump still can’t admit he made a mistake.

By Victoria M. Massie
A taxonomy of Donald Trump’s most reliable debate tactics
Donald Trump

His reality TV playbook failed him at the first debate.

By Libby Nelson
We’ve been totally wrong about Hillary Clinton’s young voter problem
Politics

And a big new study proves it.

By Jeff Stein
This poll is great news for Republicans hoping they can take back their party from Trump
Politics

Very few GOP voters would want to renominate Trump if he loses.

By Andrew Prokop
History suggests Jill Stein and Gary Johnson will do worse than the polls say
Politics

Third-party voters tend to not actually show up.

By Matthew Yglesias